The Tale of Johnny Town-Mouse by Beatrix Potter, First Edition

Beatrix [Helen] Potter (1866 to 1943)—English author, illustrator, mycologist and conservationist who was best known for her children's books that featured animal characters, such as The Tale of Peter Rabbit

Frederick Warne and Co—(Founded in 1865) A British publishing firm famous for children's books, particularly those of Beatrix Potter along with Edward Lear, Kate Greenaway Walter Crane. and Observer Books. Warnes became a limited company in 1918 and were absorbed Into the Penguin Group in 1983. Note on identifying first editions: Warne's method of identifying first editions appears to be somewhat haphazard, especially on high volume titles such as Potters and Observers books. The presence of 'Ltd' in the company name, indicates 1918 or later and from about 1940 until their absorption into the Penguin group they used a system of printers codes to indicate the printer, month and year. Other than that carefully checking of bibliographical information on a book by book basis is required. Just to ensure confusion, they do often state the copyright date e.g. A Tale of Two Bad Mice will state 'Copyright 1904 by Frederick Warne and Co', but this appears a every copy printed until at least 1940!. [McBride page 107] [Zempel and Verkler page 484] .

Peter Rabbit First Series—A series of classic children's books by Beatrix Potter (The Tale of Peter Rabbit (1902), The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin (1903), The Tailor of Gloucester (1903), The Tale of Benjamin Bunny (1904), The Tale of Two Bad Mice (1904), The Tale of Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle (1905, The Tale of Mr. Jeremy Fisher (1906), The Tale of Tom Kitten (1907), The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck (1908), The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies (1909), The Tale of Mrs. Tittlemouse (1910), The Tale of Timmy Tiptoes (1911) and The Tale of Johnny Town-Mouse (1918)) featuring animal characters, the best known being the main character in the first book; Peter Rabbit. The Series are companions to the books in the 'New Series' and 'Large Format Series', which between all three series have reportedly sold more than 150 million copies in 35 languages. The series contains 13 books. The first book was originally published in 1902 and the last book was originally published in 1918

The country mouse accidentally end up in the city, where the town-mice, including Johnny Town-Mouse, make him welcome, but finding the city frightening, he returns home. Sometime later, Johnny Town-Mouse pays him a visit, but finding the country frightening, returns to the city himself.